Touched vs Encouraged - What's the difference?
touched | encouraged |
Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).
* 1845 , , Book 4, Chapter 1,
* 1868 , , Part 2, Chapter 42: All Alone,
* 1883 , , Chapter XXI: A Tempest in a Cavern,
Slightly mentally deficient; touched in the head.
* 1913 , , Part III, Chapter IV,
* 1922 , , Episode 8: The Lestrygonians,
(touch)
(encourage)
To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or spirit.
To spur on, strongly recommend.
To foster, give help or patronage
As verbs the difference between touched and encouraged
is that touched is (touch) while encouraged is (encourage).As an adjective touched
is emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).touched
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- "They say her Majesty is more touched about these affairs of the Chartists than anything else," said Mr Egerton.
- “If there is anything good or true in what I write, it isn’t mine. I owe it all to you and Mother and Beth,” said Jo, more touched by her father’s words than by any amount of praise from the world.
- “And you came to save me, Mr. Oliver,” answered Miss Campbell, more touched by the courage of the young man than the dangers which could still happen.
- "Don't you see he is a lunatic, prince?" whispered Evgenie Pavlovitch in his ear. "Someone told me just now that he is a bit touched on the subject of lawyers, that he has a mania for making speeches and intends to pass the examinations. I am expecting a splendid burlesque now."
- All a bit touched . Mad Fanny and his other sister Mrs Dickinson driving about with scarlet harness.
Synonyms
* (moved) affected, emotional, moved * (slightly mentally deficient) retarded (offensive ), touched in the headVerb
(head)encouraged
English
Verb
(head)encourage
English
Verb
(encourag)- I encouraged him during his race.
- We encourage the use of bicycles in the town centre.
- ''The royal family has always encouraged the arts in word and deed